Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US military has begun to upgrade its operations in Japan to a new “war-fighting” ...

Trump questioned why the US must defend Japan while Japan has no such duty. But history shows the US itself designed the post-war security pact to serve its own strategic goals ...

Lessons from the 1925 Locarno Treaties for the contemporary security dynamics of the U.S., South Korea, and Japan.

KYIV — Starting in May or June, we may see negotiations for a Ukraine-Russia peace agreement that appear genuine. But everything happening before mid-to-late April will likely be mere ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is seen at the White House in Washington, March 24, 2025. (Pool via AP) The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the Japan-U.S ...

US President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized the US-Japan Security Treaty, highlighting the fact that the US is obliged to defend Japan under the agreement but Japan does not offer the same ...

Japan and the United States called Saturday for a strengthening of their alliance as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and new US ...

Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has commented on Trump's remarks about the bilateral security treaty, saying it is not just a relationship in which Japan is unilaterally protected.

Mr Hegseth’s praise of Japan contrasts with the criticism he levelled at European allies in February. Read more at ...

US President Donald Trump criticized the US-Japan Security Treaty, calling it “unequal” and highlighting the one-sided nature of the agreement. Under the treaty, the US is obliged to defend ...